Pierson Middle-High School currently offers students the option to take Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.

The financing was gifted by Olivia Slocum Sage and was named for her maternal ancestor Abraham Pierson, one of the early European settlers of Southampton.

[1][10][11] For the 2018 and 2019 seasons, low enrollment in East Hampton prompted Pierson to send its football players to Southampton High School.

[15] In 2015, Sag Harbor UFSD ranked #21 of all school districts on Long Island in average SAT score.

[16] In 2018, Pierson Middle School began offering a new course called “Preparing Learners for a New Tomorrow” or PLANT.